Who outlawed the diesel in New York.?

Question

A few years ago I owned a diesel car but it wore out after 250,000 miles. When I went to buy a new one, I found out they were illegal.

I did not vote to ban them, who voted to make them illegal, so I can also NOT vote for those politicians ever again? I used to get well over 50 MPG, with very little maintenence. If pollution is the fault does it pollute less to drive a 3 ton SUV that gets 10 MPG, and needs constaint maintenence ?

Answer 1

New York has adopted California's emissions standards, which do not currently allow cars powered by the U.S.' high-sulfur diesel fuel because of some of the emissions issues with than fuel. However, starting in either 2009/2010 (don't remember which), ultra low-sulfur fuel will be the required variety nationwide, and so most diesels sold will be able to be sold in all 50 states. Most cars that use the ultra low-sulfur diesel will have some variation of the label BlueTec, which is a series of filters and catalysts that will make these new diesel cars more environmentally-friendly than most gasoline powered vehicles. Until then, you cannot, unfortunately, buy a diesel car in any state that has adopted California's emissions standards. I believe that the first clean-diesel automobile here will be the VW Jetta Blue Motion.

EDIT: Scratch that! Evidently, all U.S. diesel fuel is already of the ultra-low variety. So it should be within a year or so that new diesels are available nationwide.

Answer 2

I think when Cali started the whole air quality thing and GM introduced the EV-1 elcetric vehicle, NY wanted to too. But GM in the end destroyed it's own product because they were feeling heat from the oil industry. NY was just in the beginning of the process when it all ended. we are run in this country by the automotive indusrtry and the oil companies dont you forget it

Answer 3

It can only have been the lobbyist for the car and petrol companies.

Answer 4

ill tell you who those d**n communist

Answer 5

The American Lung Association